The life and stories of a cancer ninja
July is a significant month with some very important dates and we’d greatly appreciate your prayers.
Tuesday, July 16th: Full brain and spine MRI checking on the progress of chemo and the presence of cancer.
Wednesday, July 17th: Meet with Chase’s neuro-surgeon (at which time, we hope his “squishy baseball” is decidedly less apparent)
Wednesday, July 31st: [gulp]…The one year anniversary of Chase’s diagnosis. Great is His faithfulness to us.
Moment by moment.
I’m sitting here watching the sun rise over the lake -a scene I always have and probably never will again associate with times of rest.
In just a short time, they will take Chase for surgery and I will say goodbye to the child I’ve loved and the life we’ve always known. Who he will be and what our lives holds at the end of today, only the Lord who made us knows.
As I’m considering life with a post-surgery Chase, I’m confronted with how strongly I love the idol of “normal”. How soon before we get back to “normal”? What will Chase’s new “normal” look like?
I desire to save him from a terrible pain that I’ve willingly chosen to submit him to …for the good of his life.
There is no “normal”.
There is only Christ.
I’ll see you on the other side, Chasey Bear.
Back in “ye olden days” when we were but five, I always wrote my “Friday Five” editions. Now we live in this new and modern era of six and now my title is irrelevant as none of us is getting “voted off” the 1100 square feet anytime soon. I found myself considering such titles as the “Friday Five: The Not Five Edition” or concepts such as cutting the least interesting person of the week. Seriously, my worst idea in quite some time. So for now, I gave you the “Saturday Six“!
… or rather I will give you the “Saturday Six” after I stop one of my children from eating a refrigerator magnet…
As my sister Carrie would say: “Real talk“.
The topic that’s coming to mind as I compose this is thankfulness.
Bob: This week, Bob’s tireless effort was officially recognized by his employer and they gave him Friday off of work. If I were tweeting this, I would say #AWESOME.
Ellie: My moment of the week actually has to do with Bob as well. My husband does heroic things for us every day, but there are some days that he goes above and beyond into something truly amazing. I won’t elaborate further at this time, but yesterday was one of those days and I’m still smiling as I think of it. See? 🙂
Darcy: …is most likely thankful for the safe removal of a splinter from her finger yesterday. This girlie has her mother’s sense of drama and there has never been anything so horrifying for her, I’m sure. It is still much discussed. Oh, and I’m sure she’d also be fairly thankful for parental bribe of ice cream she got after said splinter. Come to think of it … So am I!
Aidan: When I talked to Aidan, he informed me that he was thankful for chocolate. Aren’t we all? Definitely a proud mothering moment right there.
Chase: When I pinned Chase down for a little chat, all I could get out of him was “Uh….I TWO!!!!”. That in and of itself is a point for rejoicing. Here’s hoping that he makes it to three.
Karsten: If chins could talk, Karsten would tell you that he’s thankful that he acquired the neurological skills to pick up and devour dry cereal. But they can’t and he won’t … Yet, he is. Are you with me?
There! You made it through the first “Six“! Are you stunned, stymied, suspenseful…? Okay, I’ll stop…
But hey, what are you thankful for this week/end?
Oh yes…I’m also thankful for this picture because it makes me laugh.
Hey! If you’re new to e-family or even if you’re not new and you just haven’t had a chance to catch up on this, here are the different chapters from my testimony of God’s faithfulness over the last several years. Make sure to come back tomorrow as well because there’s another chapter that I’ve been working on … short and sweet … but NOT TO BE MISSED.
A Time of Joy in Shifting Sand
If You’re Lucky, You Get A Phone Call
Coming tomorrow [05/23/2011] … “Child of Grace“
“A picture is worth a thousand words” … or at least a small Brevis blog. 🙂
This is another thing we do while sick: snuggle under blankets and fry our brains to a light golden-brown in front of movies. Ah, what a life!